Man shot in wrist in North Seattle

SEATTLE — A 25-year-old man was hurt early Saturday morning in a North Seattle shooting, police said.

Around 1:15 a.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired at North 85^th Street and Fremont Avenue North.

Police said a man flagged down responding officers at North 86^th Street who claimed his friend was shot.

According to police, a 25-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his left wrist approached an officer. The victim did not give details of what happened leading up to the shooting.

The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Witnesses gave police suspect descriptions as well as a description of a vehicle that was seen fleeing the scene, which was a white Toyota Camry.

A patrol officer found the vehicle at Third Avenue Northwest and Northwest 77^th Street. A witness was taken to the location and was able to positively identify one of the five occupants in the Toyota as the person seen running from the shooting scene and with a gun.

Police said the five people were detained and taken to the North Precinct for questioning.

A 20-year-old man was booked into the King County Jail for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

The four other people were released after being interviewed.

Detectives will continue to investigate the incident.

KIRO